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Milano – and a Christmas Concert with José Carreras

The first time I visited Milan, the metropolis in Italy’s northern Lombardy region, was when I was in my early 20th – for a photoshoot for AGFA ! Followed by an invitation to join some friends I had met there for Christmas that year. Of course I went, I always loved to see “how the other side lived (i.e. celebrated) “. This was also the first time I sampled their famous traditional Christmas cake Panettone

Panettone, traditional Christmas cake.

When I left Milan I carried with me, for an ‘Italian Dinner Party’ back home, an additional suitcase filled with all the ‘goodies’ I was introduced to, which I purchased in that gourmet haven called Peck in Via Spadari . But more about this in another blog.

But, not only was I introduced to Peck and the cuisine of Milano but even more importantly to the world-famous opera house La Scala

where I saw (also for the first time) Le Nozze di Figaro
Over the following years we were fortunate enough to see many famous opera houses and concert halls, but sadly we were never able to see José Carreras on stage – timing was always wrong.